The Works of Apuleius: Comprising the Metamorphoses, Or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and His Defence, Or A Discourse on MagicG. Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 533 pages |
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... side was derived , in the first place , from the celebrated Plutarch , * and afterwards from his grandson , Sextus , the philosopher , a thing which reflects so much honour upon us . I had travelled over lofty mountains , slippery ...
... side was derived , in the first place , from the celebrated Plutarch , * and afterwards from his grandson , Sextus , the philosopher , a thing which reflects so much honour upon us . I had travelled over lofty mountains , slippery ...
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... side , she plunged the whole sword into him up to the hilt , through the left side of his throat , carefully receiving the flowing blood into a small leathern bottle , placed under it , so that not a drop of it was any- where to be seen ...
... side , she plunged the whole sword into him up to the hilt , through the left side of his throat , carefully receiving the flowing blood into a small leathern bottle , placed under it , so that not a drop of it was any- where to be seen ...
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... side , made answer , And how am I to know that you have not mur- dered that fellow - traveller of yours , with whom you came hither last night , and are now consulting your safety in flight ? And now I recollect that just at that hour I ...
... side , made answer , And how am I to know that you have not mur- dered that fellow - traveller of yours , with whom you came hither last night , and are now consulting your safety in flight ? And now I recollect that just at that hour I ...
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... side towards the city , and that gate on the other side , looking upon the blind alley in front ? There it is that Milo dwells , a man abounding in money , and extremely opulent ; but disgraced by inordinate avarice and shameful ...
... side towards the city , and that gate on the other side , looking upon the blind alley in front ? There it is that Milo dwells , a man abounding in money , and extremely opulent ; but disgraced by inordinate avarice and shameful ...
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... side walked a man considerably advanced in years , who , the moment he saw me , exclaimed , " By Hercules ! here is Lucius , " and at the same moment embraced me , after which he whispered in the lady's ear something I could not hear ...
... side walked a man considerably advanced in years , who , the moment he saw me , exclaimed , " By Hercules ! here is Lucius , " and at the same moment embraced me , after which he whispered in the lady's ear something I could not hear ...
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